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The Production Manager will be a member of our Production team. Under the responsibility of the Operations Manager. The Production Manager will be responsible for directing and monitoring, on a daily basis, fabrication shop work activities, fabrication progress and resources necessary to efficiently meet the production schedule and performance metrics.

Tasks :

• Direct and monitor, on a daily basis, fabrication shop work activities, fabrication progress and resources necessary to efficiently meet the production schedule and performance metrics
• Review schedules in order to make decisions concerning staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints
• Review operations and confer with staff to resolve production problems
• Establish workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety
• Any other related duties, as required and/or special projects as needed

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the safe operation, regulatory compliance, throughput, quality, continuous improvement, production, and cost management of plant
• Strive to reduce expenses and increase productivity
• Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work
• Actively managing performance of personnel and processes in a manufacturing setting
• Continually review with foreman their job tasks and work together to provide motivation, guidance, and support
• Responsible for time keeping of group
• Oversee a workforce of 150+ employees
• Uses the A3 and other problem-solving methods to continuously identify and improve areas of weakness or inefficiency during the fabrication process

Skill Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal relationship building and employee coaching skills
• Apply logic and critical reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Decisive in making logical and informed decisions
• Adjusting responsibility in relation to others' actions
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop production staff members
• Promotes a zero-loss mindset culture and effective asset utilization
• Effectively plan, organize, and prioritize work duties in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to adapt in continuously changing work duties and environment

Knowledge Requirements:

• Knowledge of codes of standards for AISC, AWS, and CWB
• Knowledge of structural steel welding and fabrication processes
• Knowledge of Computer systems and programs, to include Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of supervisory HR administrative functions, to include performance reviews, timekeeping, disciplinary action, record keeping and applicable employment law
• Overall familiarity within each department of the organization
• Thorough understanding of heavy process welding and plans interpretation

About ADF Group

From a blacksmith shop founded in 1956, ADF Group Inc. has become over the years a North American leader in the design and engineering of connections, fabrication and installation of complex steel structures, heavy steel built-ups, as well as miscellaneous and architectural metalwork. The Corporation’s products and services are intended for the following five principal segments of the non-residential construction market: Office Towers and High-Rises – Commercial and Recreational Complexes – Airport Facilities – Industrial Complexes – Transport Infrastructures. The Corporation operates two modern fabrication plants in Canada and in the United States, and uses the latest technologies in its industry. A pioneer in the development and implementation of innovative solutions, the Corporation is recognized for its engineering expertise, its project management, its important fabrication capacity and its skills in two specialized market niches: the fabrication of steel superstructures with a high level of architectural and geometric complexity, and projects subject to fast-track schedules. ADF Group’s commitment to deliver every project in accordance with the industry’s highest quality standards constitutes a core aspect of the Corporation’s mission.

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